The historic Treetops Hotel along the Abedare Ranges catchment has been reopened after renovation. The lodge founded in 1932 is ranked to had been home to the late Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen Elizabeth II, stayed at the lodge during a visit to Kenya. The princess’s stay coincided with the death of her father, King…
By James WakahiuMount Kenya University (MKU) has held its largest graduationceremony ever in Thika town that saw 7,974 students feted, the highestnumber over 14 graduations held in the last seven years.Vice chancellor Prof Deogratius Jaganyi said the achievement was aresult of the culmination of a well-orchestrated journey of planning,execution, and relentless improvement. He praised the…
Hell broke loose for Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja after he was stoned in Toi market by angry Kibera residents. The Governor was touring the market following death of four people after a mysterious fire that burnt several business premises and houses. As Sakaja was in a visit of the market to witness destruction of property…
The Mountain Journal The election of John Chebochok at Tegat/Toror tea factory as director has been nullified. Agriculture Principal Secretary Dr Paul Rono says in a letter Chebochok ceased being a KTDA director following the swearing-in of other directors. Chebochok, a former James Finlay contractor, was exposed by the BBC in 2023 for allegedly…
The Mountain Journal Kahete village in Mathioya is ranked among the poverty stricken villages owing to lack of roads and piped water exposing the residents to untold sufferings. Over the years, the residents have been ferrying dead bodies and the sick with gunny bags to the Muiri ini along the Gitugi/Murang’a road to access decent…
The Mountain Journal Mount Kenya University (MKU) will establish Malindi Maritime Academy in the provision to achieve standards of training and certification in the profession. MKU chairman Prof Simon Gicharu said the institution will be the first kind of the academy established in Malindi. The institution, he said, will end Kenyans flying to study in…
Ten years ago, the Makeji area was associated with violent crime as hundreds of the youth sneaked into the Delmonte land to steal pineapples. The trend made the section dangerous as criminal gangs attacked motorists plying across the Nyeri-Nairobi highway when their vehicles broke down. As the youth perfected the theft of pineapples, members of…
CHICAGO (AP) — Donald Trump falsely suggested Kamala Harris had misled voters about her race as the former president appeared Wednesday before the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago in an interview that quickly turned hostile. The Republican former president wrongly claimed that Harris, the first Black woman and Asian American to serve as vice president, had in the past only…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday, with Moscow releasing Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan in a multinational deal that set some two dozen people free, according to officials in Turkey, where the exchange took place. The trade followed years…
The Mountain Journal Kiru Tea Factory Chairman Chege Kirundi was re-elected Board member to represent zone three zone. The BM election convened at Kanyenya ini tea factory saw Kirundi garnering 14 votes against the Chairman at Githambo tea factory Mr Joseph Karanu’s eight votes. The zone BM election was postponed last week after it emerged…
